January 1 » First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.
January 19 » The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
March 21 » A fire in New Orleans leaves most of the town in ruins.
July 25 » Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550).
July 26 » New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
September 13 » The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
Day of death August 9, 1861
The temperature on August 9, 1861 was about 17.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
February 13 » Italian unification: The Siege of Gaeta ends with the capitulation of the defending fortress, effectively bringing an end of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
February 18 » With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
June 8 » American Civil War: Tennessee secedes from the Union.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Vienna, Virginia.
November 21 » American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin Secretary of War.
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